Popularity ranking · South Africa

The 100 most popular Metals in South Africa

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest metals in South Africa, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 998 metals tracked in South Africa, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Schizophrenia, Sentenced and Integrity (band) lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 568k people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 43k, and the largest, Schizophrenia, reaches around 246k people in South Africa. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in South Africa who actively engage with each metal, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across South Africa and are refreshed weekly.

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How to read this list

Rank

Position in the Top 100, sorted by audience size from largest to smallest. Updated weekly.

Audience size

Estimated number of unique people in South Africa who actively engage with this audience, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals.

Country share

Share of the global audience that is active in South Africa. A higher value means the audience is more locally concentrated here.

Avg age

Average age in years across the people who engage with this audience in South Africa, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals. A dash means demographic data is not yet available.

Female share

Share of women among the people who engage with this audience in South Africa. 50% is gender-balanced; values above mean female-skewed, below mean male-skewed.

Ranking

Rank Audience Audience size Avg age Female share Subtype
1 Schizophrenia 246k 37.3 39.1% Metal
2 Sentenced 183k 40.9 43.4% Metal
3 Integrity (band) 138k Metal
4 Cancer 134k 38.5 46.7% Metal
5 W.A.S.P. 131k 40.3 43.4% Metal
6 Pain 103k 39.0 48.0% Metal
7 Tool 96k 40.2 36.0% Metal
8 Architects 90k 37.7 47.8% Metal
9 Victorius 79k 35.3 25.5% Metal
10 Diabolical 79k 34.2 79.4% Metal
11 Origin 74k 28.9 23.2% Metal
12 Spotlights 73k 43.3 79.5% Metal
13 Archers 70k 38.1 29.8% Metal
14 Nebula 68k 42.8 30.5% Metal
15 Induction 68k 40.6 67.5% Metal
16 Lizzy Borden 67k 33.6 52.0% Metal
17 Resolve 66k 36.1 30.5% Metal
18 Reflections 62k 39.7 53.1% Metal
19 thrown 61k 37.9 30.8% Metal
20 Maroon 61k 38.3 39.8% Metal
21 Covenant 56k 35.3 49.4% Metal
22 MØL 56k 44.4 80.1% Metal
23 Vio-lence 56k 39.1 36.4% Metal
24 Cognitive 54k 38.5 30.2% Metal
25 Evermore 54k 27.3 55.2% Metal

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular metals compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across South Africa and ranks each metal by its estimated audience size. Only entries with at least 5 measured entities are listed.

How often is the list updated?

The ranking is refreshed weekly from the latest search-behavior data and re-published as a static page.

What is the largest metal in South Africa?

Schizophrenia currently leads with an estimated audience of 246k people in South Africa.

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